Since the "official" Valencia WSBK thread is MIA. WSBK Free Practice 1: 1 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'35.154 2 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'35.288 3 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'35.598 4 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'35.776 5 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'35.794 6 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'35.875 7 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'35.881 8 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'36.066 9 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'36.070 10 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.130 11 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.187 12 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'36.199 13 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'36.203 14 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'36.254 15 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'36.319 16 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'36.350 17 17 Andrews S. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.378 18 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'36.447 19 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'36.807 20 88 Pitt A. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'36.815 21 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'37.169 22 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'37.764 23 123 Resch R. (AUT) BMW S1000 RR 1'38.206 24 32 Morais S. (RSA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.370 25 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.121 WSS Free Practice 1: 1 37 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'36.789 2 26 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'36.824 3 7 Davies C. (GBR) Triumph Daytona 675 1'37.465 4 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.631 5 50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.646 6 51 Pirro M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.670 7 25 Salom D. (ESP) Triumph Daytona 675 1'37.696 8 40 DiSalvo J. (USA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'38.172 9 55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.203 10 127 Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.543 11 99 Foret F. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'38.654 12 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'38.887 13 5 Lundh A. (SWE) Honda CBR600RR 1'39.136 14 117 Praia M. (POR) Honda CBR600RR 1'39.616 15 4 Rea G. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 1'40.317 16 9 Dell'Omo D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'40.817 17 85 Palumbo A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'40.884 18 8 Chesaux B. (SUI) Honda CBR600RR 1'41.181 19 33 Cazzola P. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'42.343 20 24 Blokhin E. (RUS) Yamaha YZF R6 1'44.811
Now to comment on the above: At least RLH is beating his teammate. I think we might have to start considering Checa as a possible for the championship if he keeps riding this well. A good start to the weekend by Toseland as well. Corser is looking decent as well. Only the first practice so lots will change as the weekend moves along.
Wanna see Pork Chop in the points this weekend. Valencia seems like a little scrapper track he might be more used too. At some point you know Haslam and Crutchlow are gonna battle, would like to see Camier get in there too.
1 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'34.220 2 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'34.502 3 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'34.690 4 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'34.771 5 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'34.780 6 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'34.886 7 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'34.935 8 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'35.049 9 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'35.052 10 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'35.132 11 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'35.189 12 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'35.203 13 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'35.232 14 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'35.279 15 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'35.467 16 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1'35.555 17 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'35.641 18 88 Pitt A. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'35.906 19 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'35.912 20 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.766 21 32 Morais S. (RSA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.865 22 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.928 23 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.171 24 17 Andrews S. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'37.477 25 123 Resch R. (AUT) BMW S1000 RR 1'37.712
Good morning all. Ducati still holding down 6 of the top 8, but Biaggi has proven that a 4 Cyl. can run up front. 1-10 covered by just 0.25 seconds. This should be a good race! Too bad RLH still hasn't found a way to at least beat his teammate. WSBK Q2 1 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'34.218 2 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'34.220 3 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'34.239 4 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'34.265 5 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'34.286 6 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'34.356 7 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'34.427 8 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'34.441 9 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'34.442 10 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'34.458 11 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'34.476 12 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1'34.836 13 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'34.894 14 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'34.933 15 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'34.938 16 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'34.973 17 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'35.132 18 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'35.133 19 88 Pitt A. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'35.604 20 32 Morais S. (RSA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.072 21 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.104 22 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.117 23 17 Andrews S. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.329 24 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.524 25 123 Resch R. (AUT) BMW S1000 RR 1'36.639 WSS Free 2: 1 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 1'36.013 2 37 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'36.457 3 25 Salom D. (ESP) Triumph Daytona 675 1'36.659 4 26 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'36.733 5 51 Pirro M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'36.752 6 50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 1'36.926 7 7 Davies C. (GBR) Triumph Daytona 675 1'37.218 8 99 Foret F. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'37.383 9 40 DiSalvo J. (USA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'37.624 10 5 Lundh A. (SWE) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.746 11 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'37.840 12 127 Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.884 13 55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.003 14 117 Praia M. (POR) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.345 15 8 Chesaux B. (SUI) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.819 16 4 Rea G. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.908 17 9 Dell'Omo D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'39.506 18 33 Cazzola P. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'40.654 19 24 Blokhin E. (RUS) Yamaha YZF R6 1'43.438 20 85 Palumbo A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'46.260
Crutchlow with a late push gets the R1 into the top 5. 3 Brits are following the 3 Ex-Moto GP guys. Probably an interesting mix of people working on race set ups and late minute preparations by others for superpole.
I don't have the link. I am just watching the live timing. Xaus, Sykes, Pitt and Morias are the ones left out after Superpole 1.
Haslam and Haga fail to make it to Q1! Checa, Biaggi, Rea, Crutchlow, Corser, Lanzi, Toseland and Fabrizio advance.
Oops. Q2 wasn't quite over even though the Checked Flag was out. Results: 1 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'33.615 2 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'33.840 3 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'33.860 4 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'33.961 5 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'34.059 6 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'34.073 7 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'34.235 8 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'34.261 9 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'33.988 10 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'34.021 11 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'34.100 12 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'34.246 13 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'34.273 14 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'34.280 15 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'34.730 16 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1'34.934 17 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'34.756 18 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'34.894 19 88 Pitt A. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'36.088 20 32 Morais S. (RSA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.072 21 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.104 22 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.117 23 17 Andrews S. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.329 24 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.524 25 123 Resch R. (AUT) BMW S1000 RR 1'36.639
Q3 1. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF R1 1min 33.615s 2. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1198 1min 33.840s 3. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Alitalia Racing RSV-4 1min 33.860s 4. Leon Haslam GBR Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 33.961s 5. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1min 34.059s 6. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 1min 34.073s 7. Jonathan Rea GBR Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1min 34.235s 8. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Ducati 1198 1min 34.261s
interesting that 1.2 secs covers the first 18 riders, and then the gap from 18th to 19th and below is 1.2 secs.... this is going to be one heck of a fun weekend!